Data complete?
Total emissions from all lobes of lungs
Predicted postoperative FEV1
Number of criteria for operability met
Can the patient be offered the option of pneumonectomy?
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Purpose: To determine if a patient with severe lung disease meets criteria for having pneumonectomy performed.
Specialty: Pulmonology, Surgery, general
Objective: selection
ICD-10: C34.1, C34.2, C34.3, C34.8, C34.9, J43,